Our Bill Pickle

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Maternity leave in Canada: 6 tips to help you prepare

Planning to take maternity leave in Canada? Here are six simple steps you can take to prepare your finances.

Before getting pregnant, I knew very little about maternity leave in Canada.

I knew I would be eligible and that I would receive less money…and that was about it.

Of course, my lack of knowledge about the ins and outs of maternity leave in Canada makes sense. Before having a baby, I didn’t have a reason to have experience with the program.

That changed as soon as I found out we were expecting. Understanding how having a baby would impact our finances was important to me from the start.

Today, I’m sharing a snapshot of what I learned, my experience with maternity and parental leave in Canada so far and a few tips based on my experience.

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Where I’ve been (and where I’m heading) – a life update

A lot has changed over the last six months at Our Bill Pickle. This life update talks about where I've been (and where I'm going).

How does one even begin writing a life update covering a six-month span where their life completely changed?

Hello. It’s been a while — certainly longer than I intended.

When I hit publish on my last post, I did not anticipate it would take me so long to get back to this space. If you go by that date, it’s been more like five months, but most of that post was written in advance. Realistically, it’s been closer to six months since I actually sat down to write.

That’s wild to me considering I kept a pretty consistent twice-weekly schedule for almost two years.

But a lot has changed. Life today looks very different than it did at the beginning of 2021.

And while I am hopeful things will be a little less chaotic coming into the end of the year, some of the events are going to continue impacting my life and this blog.

Here’s a glimpse at where I’ve been and where I’m heading.

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